Railway rail mounting



M. JICHA.

RAILWAY RAIL MOUNTlN. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. l92 2.

1,434,853. Patented Nov. 7,1922.

Patented Nov. 7, 1922.

MATHEW stone, or

RAILV-Tr'lff BAIL 105K027]? TING.

Application filed April 1,

Too whom it may concern Be it known that I, MATHEW JIoriA, a citi zen of the United States of America, and resident of city of Bridgeport, county of Belmont, and State of Uhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Rail Mountings, of whi h the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to railwayrail mountings, and more specifically to a crosstie and means for fastening rails thereon.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and durable crosstie having efiicient means for rigidly fastening rails thereto without the use of spikes or bolts.

A further object is to provide a combination concrete and metal crosstie having associated therewith fastening or attaching means which, following application, will require no adjustment or resetting during the life thereof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of an end portion of the crosstie with the ra'l-fastening devices mounted in position thereon;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same showing a rail mounted in place;

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the invention as shown in Fig. 1;

Figure 4: is a view similar to Fig. .1, showing a slightly modified form of clamp;

Figure 5 is a similar view showing another modified form of the rail fastening vmeans, and-- Figure 6 is an end elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to said drawings, A indicates the crosstie which consists of a concrete body or core 1 encased within a sheath or shell 2, preferably of sheet metal. While said cross tie may be of other form in cross section, it is at present preferred that the under surface thereof shall be flat, that the sides thereof shall be substantially vertical and that the top thereof shall be convex, as shown.

Formed in the upper face of the crosstie adjacent itsopposite ends and separated by a suitable distance, according to the gauge of the trackway to be laid, are transverse channels 3 of suitable depth and having fiat 1922. Serial No.

bottoms, said channels being of greater width at t ieir bottoms than their tops to provide opposite undercut lips hloiinted upon the flat bottom of each channel is a transversely disposed leveler plate 5 designed to complement a similarly disposed clamping plate 6 by means of which one edge of the base of a track rail '2' superposed upon sa d plates is secured against movement. Said plates 5 and 6 of equal thickness and, consequently, together form a level for t e rail base. Said -slates together have a Wl-C closely approximating that of the bottom of the channel 3 upon which they rest, and the rail 7- is disposed in a position in which one side of its baseisreceived closely beneath the adjacent lip el, while the opposite edge is closely embraced by a base-overlyi tongue 8 struck up from the plate'll.

The leveler plate 5 has its oppositeends 9 turned downward into closely seating relation to the sides of the crosstie, thereby to prevent longitudinal shifting of said plate.

The clamping plate 6 is slit inward from its outer edge at a point adjacent to one end thereof, and the portion intermediate the slit and said end is turned downward to form a lug 1.0 which, in the properly seated position of said plate, has its inner edge in abutting relation to the adjacent side of the crosstie. A. key or pin 11. is directed clown- WELI'Cl through the opposite end portion of said plate 6 so as to abut the opposite side of the crosstie, said lug and said key or pin serving to prevent shifting of said plate.

in practice, the leveler plate 5 is first seated in its proper place in the channel 3 of the crosstie, after which the rail 7 is introduced in said channel and is shifted to a position in which that edge of the base which overliessaid plate is closely received beneath the adjacent overhanging lip 4. Then, the clamping plate 6 is introduced in place by driving it encwise under said rail base between the inner edge of the plate 5 and the opposite bottom edge of the channel. and with the tongue 8, overlying said base. l Vhen the said plate 6 has been driven to the point at which the lug 10 engages the crosstie, the key 11 is inserted through the hole 12 provided therefor.

The plate 6 shown in Fig. l is in all respects similar to the plate 6 here'inbefore described, eXcept that two struck-up tongues 8 aresnbstituted for the single tongue 8.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and (5 illustrated a leveler plate 5 having its opposite ends prolonged horizontally to form extension seats 13 for underlying the rail base throughout a considerable distance on opposite sides of the crosstie, said seats being designed not only to afford additional support for the rail, providing fora wider spacing of the crossties, but also to anchor the crosstie against shifting movement. The opposite lateral edges of said seats 13 are turned downward and form vertically disposed wings 14 adapted to abut the opposite sides of the crosstie. The clamping plate 6 has one end turned downward similar to the ends 9 of the plate 6 shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3.

lVhat is claimed is- 1. A rail mounting and clamp comprising a crosstie having a transverse channel in its top adjacent each end thereof, said channel being shaped to form opposite undercut lips, a clamping plate seating at one side of said channel with an edge thereof underlying one of said lips, said plate having a struck up tongue adapted to overlie an edge of the base of a rail which is seated thereon with its opposite edge closely engaged with the opposite lip, means carried by said plate being complement-a1 one to the other and" forming a seat for a rail base, said clamping plate having a vclamping member. engaged ith the overlying edge portion of the rail base when the latter is positioned with its opposite edge in underlying relatilon to the lip which overhangs the leveler p ate.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MATHEW JIoHA,

Witnesses:

JAMES PTAOEK, JOHN WEHRBERGER. W 

